Utah State University PHYSICS 3030 WEEK 1/ QUIZ 1 1)When the Egyptians noticed this celestial body rising before the Sun it indicated to them the coming of the Nile flood

Utah State University

PHYSICS 3030

WEEK 1/ QUIZ 1

1)When the Egyptians noticed this celestial body rising before the Sun it indicated to them the coming of the Nile flood.

2. A great deal of early astronomy was about observing the night sky and sometimes correlating the appearance of objects in the sky with other events. Please match the observations below, with the first person or people credited with making that observation.

3. Which planet's existence was predicted by combining the perturbations of the path of Uranus and physics theory?

4. The Greek philosopher PTOLEMY was responsible for the longest lasting model of the solar system, which used an EPICYCLE to better predict the retrograde motion of each of the planets.

What are the two main properties that determine how effective a telescope is?

5. The two main types of telescopes are a Reflector telescope, which uses MIRRORS to focus light and a Refractor telescope, which uses LENSES to focus light.

The hubble space telescope is a REFRACTOR telescope

6. Discuss in 1-2 sentences why, from a scientific perspective, the heliocentric model of the universe took so long to become the accepted model of the solar system. In other words, assuming society would have let them, why couldn't someone prove that the heliocentric model was correct sooner?